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Gareth Jones, Chief Executive of Gooch & Housego PLC, commented on the results: "The work we put in during 2010 has enabled us to meet the continuing strong demand for our products in 2011 and deliver an encouraging set of results for the first half of the year. The acquisitions open up many exciting opportunities for the future while accelerating the diversification of the business and consolidating Gooch & Housego's leading position in high-end photonics solutions."

Operational highlights · Strong demand lifts revenues and profits · Industrial sector driven by growing use of lasers in manufacturing · Further diversification into Aerospace & Defence and Life Sciences, enhanced by acquisitions · Acquisition of EM4, Inc. a specialist manufacturer of active fibre optics · Acquisition of Crystal Technology, LLC, a manufacturer of acousto-optics and crystals · Record order book going into the second half of FY2011. · Interim dividend of 2.0p per share declared.

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Ian Dyson, Chief Executive Officer of Punch Taverns plc, commented: "We are pleased that our operational initiatives continue to translate into improved performance for both Spirit and Punch. This has been achieved during a period of substantial change as we prepare for the proposed demerger of Spirit. Despite the challenging UK consumer environment we are on track to meet our full year expectations."

Demerger We continue to make good progress on the demerger, which we expect to complete by the end of the summer. Further to our announcement on 10 May 2011, Roddy Murray has decided not to take up the role of Finance Director Designate for Spirit. Russell Margerrison, who is currently Group Business Planning Director and has been leading the operational separation of the business, will assume the role of Interim Finance Director of Spirit. Russell has been with Punch since the beginning of the year. He was previously Managing Director Trading and Finance Director for Tour Operations at Thomas Cook, Finance Director at Rank Holidays and spent 15 years in various management positions with Bass.

Punch · Like-for-like net income -3.3% (-5.8% 40 weeks) · Average net income per pub +1.3% (40 weeks) The Pathway to Partnership programme continues to deliver benefits with the rate of like-for-like decline improving again. Our ongoing disposal programme, together with improved like-for-like trends, has resulted in growth in net income per pub of 1.3%. Following the strategic review announcement on 22 March 2011, we have now completed the reorganisation of our field operations team to create the Core and Turnaround divisions within Punch and to separate the Spirit leased division. This has resulted in a number of transfers between the Core and Turnaround divisions but the overall number of pubs in each remains in line with the figures announced previously. As at 28 May, there were 2,956 pubs in the Core division, and 2,182 pubs in the Turnaround division.

Third Quarter Trading Update for the 12 weeks to 28 May 2011 Highlights · Progress in all areas of the business · Strong sales growth in Spirit · Further improvement in trends in Punch · On track to meet our full year expectations · Good progress on demerger plans Spirit · Managed like-for-like sales +7.3% (+5.7% 40 weeks) o Food +8.4% (+7.0% 40 weeks) o Drink +7.3% (+5.0% 40 weeks) · Leased like for like net income -0.7% (-3.9% 40 weeks) The Spirit Managed business has delivered another quarter of strong sales growth. Whilst good weather has undoubtedly helped trading, our focus on operational excellence and continued investment in the estate has again seen us outperform the market.1 Uninvested pub sales grew by 3.5% in the period. During the 40 weeks to 28 May 2011 we have refurbished 160 pubs, focusing our activities on building our Chef & Brewer, Fayre & Square and Flaming Grill brands. Like for like net income for the 552 leased pubs in the Spirit debenture was down 0.7%. We have begun the process of converting some of these pubs to our Managed brands.

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Commenting on the new contracts, Jamie Boyton, Executive Chairman, said: "I am very pleased to announce today's contract wins, which follow closely on the heels of contracts recently awarded in Chile with BHP and the Solomon Islands with Allied Gold. The contracts represent the expansion of existing relationships with blue chip and major mining companies and further strengthens the long term visibility of our revenue profile. Having concluded successfully our first energy contract with Oil Search in Papua New Guinea we are looking forward to working in Ethiopia and continuing to grow the energy division. The contract with Kinross continues our drive in the significant market of West Africa."

New Contract Awards Capital Drilling Limited (CAPD: LN), the emerging and developing markets drilling company, is pleased to announce it has recently been awarded a further three new contracts. The new contracts are as follows: Contract 1 - BHP Billiton/Ethiopia Capital Drilling Energy has been awarded a contract with BHP Billiton (LSE: BLT / ASX: BHP), the second contract with the mining major this year, which will initially involve the deployment of one rig to carry out exploration drilling for potash in the Danakil Depression of the Afar National Regional State in North East Ethiopia. The contract is expected to run until late 2011 and represents the Group's second energy contract, having recently concluded the first contract with Oil Search in Papua New Guinea. The rig required for the contract is currently in mobilisation and represents an addition to the Group's fleet. Contract 2 - Kinross Gold/Ghana Capital Drilling Africa has been awarded a contract with Kinross Gold (TSX: K) in Ghana. Kinross Gold recently acquired the Chirano Gold Mine through the takeover of Redback Mining. Capital Drilling Africa has been contracted to supply two diamond rigs for development drilling, with the contract expected to commence in early Q3 2011 for a minimum 12 month contract. The rigs required will be sourced from the Group's existing fleet. Contract 3 - Kinross Gold/Mauritania Capital Drilling Africa has been awarded a further contract with Kinross Gold in Mauritania which represents an expansion of activity at the Tasiat Gold Mine, where the Group currently has five diamond rigs operating. The new contract is for an additional air core rig to be utilised in exploration drilling, which has been sourced from within the Group's existing fleet.

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Rakesh Sharma, Chief Executive of Ultra, commented: "I am pleased that Ultra has been awarded this contract by Rolls-Royce relating to the new reactor control and instrumentation equipment for Royal Navy submarines. Through our continuing strategic relationship we are happy to support Rolls-Royce, and its end customer, with Ultra's proven range of innovative specialist technologies."

Ultra awarded £54m UK submarine reactor control equipment contracts Ultra announces that two businesses, Command & Control Systems, based at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire and PMES, based in Rugeley, Staffordshire have been awarded contracts by Rolls-Royce with a combined value of £54m for the supply of reactor control & instrumentation systems for Royal Navy submarines. The scope of the contracts includes the manufacture of multiple systems and spares. Work under these contracts starts immediately and will continue until the end of 2014. Ultra has been working since December 2004 on the development of this equipment. Ultra's role is that of equipment designer and manufacturer for the control and instrumentation suite and includes the full spectrum of system engineering disciplines, including requirements capture, architecture design, development, verification and qualification.

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John Teeling, the Chairman of Botswana Diamonds commented: "This is very exciting for Botswana Diamonds. Our next step is to prove that there are diamonds there. To date the majority of the licence has not been explored and significant scope remains for discovering more areas where the paleo-conglomerate layer is preserved."

Botswana Diamonds plc ("Botswana Diamonds") Cameroon Reconnaissance Programme Yields Early Successes v Reconnaissance exploration programme identifies possible diamond bearing conglomerate horizon v Small diamond recovered from stream sample v Follow-up drilling and trenching/pitting planned The board of Botswana Diamonds (AIM: BOD) is pleased to announce that its geologists have identified sequences of sedimentary rock layers in several localities in the east of its Cameroon diamond licence. These layers include a distinct conglomerate horizon, which is geologically correlated with the paleo-conglomerate that C&K Mining has identified as being diamondiferous. The exploration team is in the process of completing the geological mapping to try and delineate the extent of this conglomerate horizon. In addition to the geological mapping, a number of representative rock specimens were also collected for further study and analysis. A small diamond was recovered from a sample taken from a stream in the area where the conglomerate was identified. Now that the conglomerate horizon has been identified in the licence area, a follow-up programme comprising drilling and trenching/pitting will be implemented. This programme will be aimed at better defining the extent of these conglomerates and, more importantly, to determine whether the conglomerate is diamondiferous. The latter will entail processing some of the conglomerate through a suitable plant to recover any diamonds.

Mark Brimblecombe, Chief Executive of i-POP, commented: "We are very excited about this transaction. We believe that our clients will benefit from the support of a stronger organisation, with much greater mobile marketing capabilities and an extended geographical coverage. The enlarged group also presents more career development opportunities for our staff. We look forward to working together to support InternetQ's global expansion plans."

Konstantinos Korletis, Chief Executive of InternetQ, commented: "We are delighted to be announcing the acquisition of i-POP, which effectively doubles our addressable market. This transaction opens up Southeast Asia, a key territory, providing our business with an excellent platform to become a leader in one of the world's fastest growing mobile consumer markets. Expanding our geographical reach within the growing emerging economies has always been a key component of our growth strategy and the acquisition of i-POP will accelerate that goal. We expect the benefits of this transaction immediately and look forward to developing a number of exciting cross selling opportunities which in the longer-term, we expect to underpin the continued growth of InternetQ." Panagiotis Dimitropoulos, Founder & President of InternetQ also commented: "The acquisition of i-POP is a very exciting development for InternetQ being our first acquisition as a public company. It is in line with our strategy and will give us the opportunity to leverage ten years of continuous innovation and sustained investment to become the preeminent mobile media services provider across Southeast Asia. We believe our strong product pedigree coupled with the excellent market dynamics that exist within the South East Asian market place will present InternetQ with some exciting new business opportunities."

Acquisition of i-POP Networks PTE Singapore InternetQ, one of the leading providers of mobile marketing and digital entertainment solutions for mobile network operators and brands, today announces the acquisition of i-POP Networks PTE (the "Company" or "i-POP"), a Singapore based mobile and media services business funded entirely by the issue of new InternetQ shares. i-POP provides direct connectivity, mobile marketing, as well as innovative media solutions to a wide range of clients ranging from mobile network operators, FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) companies, advertising and creative agencies, as well as traditional media companies. The Company is connected with 69 mobile network operators in Southeast Asia (32 direct and 37 through aggregators), covering more than 500 million subscribers in 19 countries. For the year ended 31 December 2010 i-POP generated unaudited revenues of S$4 million (€ 2.2 million), unaudited loss before taxation of S$ 1.9million (€ 1.1 million) and showed unaudited net assets of S$ 2.9. million (€ 1.6 million). For the period ending 31 March 2011, I-POP generated unaudited revenues of S$1.2 million (€0.7 million), unaudited loss before taxation of S$0.2 million (€0.1 million) and unaudited net assets of S$2.8 million (€1.6 million). The acquisition is expected to be earnings neutral for 2011 and earnings accretive thereafter.

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